Rumor: Dramatic White House Meetings, Tears Over Quitting CIA-Chief Tenet
In the United States, it has been rumored for years, that the CIA was a large, arrogant bureaucracy that relied heavily on high tech tools, such as satellites, electronic communications, telephone surveillance. There was a severe lack of communications and cooperation with the FBI, as well as other government agencies. The human intelligence work was lacking as well, resulting in several dramatic failures in and around Iraq and in other parts of the world. As a result of the events of September 11, 2001, the CIA and FBI began a major restructuring operation, particularly in the area of human intelligence work. The fact that George Tenet and President Bush cooperated closely on an almost daily basis, several clear improvents have been made. But weeks ago, the CIA director stunned Intelligence communities in the U. S. as well as around the world by publicly stating that the CIA had been frustratingly ineffective for many years and would not perform on a desirable top level in about 5 more years.
Clearly, the Iraq war was started, among others, for a number of political, economical, military and intelligence reasons that can not be fully outlined in public at this time, because of the increasingly serious war against terrorism as well as other matters of U. S. national and worldwide security issues. This is one of the dilemmas that President Bush and even his democratic opponent, John Kerry, are facing in this election year: The increasing danger of nuclear terrorism is a challenge that is more serious than many other dangers that the world has ever experienced, in severety approaching the dangers of the cold war against the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations.
CIA director George Tenet has signaled his desire for retirement at least once before, and the Bush administration, at that time, succeeded in convincing him to stay. Several outside experts doubt his official reasoning, that his retirement decision is purely personal in nature. The fight against terror has, at this point, reached dramatic, worldwide proportions. Al Qaida, the terror organization, has, within the past few years, turned into a very respectable multinational force. A large part of its danger lies in the support that Usama bin Laden has received within the population of several countries, such as Pakistan. Al Qaida has been able to control or otherwise receive support from organizations and media outlets by demonstrating that it will not refrain from criminal activity of any kind, no matter against whom and how severe.
No country in this world would benefit from the consequences of a major nuclear explosion in a heavily populated area. Particularly in developing countries, the effects of such a strike in the United States or Europe would be devastating, because the West is the major supplier of economic aid in the world. Many observers have no doubts that the CIA director's retirement is an important signal. The war against terrorism will continue and soon experience a critical phase. It will not necessarily be limited to Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. The threat of major, unprecedented strikes in heavily populated areas within the next few months can not be underestimated.
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